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The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) was passed nearly unanimously by Congress and signed into law by President Biden on December 23, 2021. Among its key provisions...

Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force issues required enforcement strategy, including guidance to importers. On June 21, 2022, the key operative provision of the Uyghur...

MARCH 30 — The Malaysian Bar commends the Government’s recent ratification of the International Labour Organisation (“ILO”)’s Forced Labour Convention, known as Protocol 29 (“P29”), on March 21, 2022.[1] This ratification that was preceded by the National Action Plan on Forced Labour...

In late December 2021, the United States banned imports of disposable gloves produced in Malaysia by manufacturer Brightway Holdings over allegations of forced labor.

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act ("UFLPA"), which takes effect on June 21, 2022, bans the importation of all goods made in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ("XUAR") in China.

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act is the latest in a string of U.S. executive and congressional actions aimed to address China’s human rights abuses in Xinjiang.

On December 23, 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (the "Act"), which bars the importation into the United States of products...

Supply chain and logistics news

U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") enforcement into forced labor practices continues into 2021, as CBP has detained 1,213 shipments that contained approximately $ 414 million of goods suspected to be made by forced labor this year.

The US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) Friday issued a withhold release order against Chinese fishing company Dalian Ocean Fishing. Withhold Release Orders are targeted bans on the import of products...